Federica Porta

Federica is a bioengineer passionate about AI applications in healthcare. She worked as a Research Specialist at the Molecular and Translational Neurology Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she focused on the development of EEG algorithms used for the detection of brain hemorrhage and epilepsy-related events. Previously, she conducted research at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, studying neuroplasticity enhancement through distorted visual feedback in the rehabilitation of chronic stroke survivors.

Federica received an M.Sc. in Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago after joining a double degree program with Politecnico di Milano.